Referee Management Dream Team in the Big South: The Big South has collected three referee veterans to lead its Referee Management Team. John Guthrie will lead the team as coordinator of men’s basketball officials. He held the same position for the SEC for 25 years. Guthrie has been coach of Georgia, George Washington and Ogelthorpe University. Joe Forte – not of Tar Heel infamy – and Nolan Fine join Guthrie on the team. Forte is a graduate of High Point, a Big South school, and has been an NBA referee for 17 years and NCAA referee for 12 years. He officiated in the NCAA Final Four, NBA Finals and an Olympic Gold Medal game. Fine has 16 years of NBA experience in addition to years of officiating in the ACC.
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